A dangerous rescue effort was launched after two people became trapped in the wreckage on Seneca School Road, near Seneca Valley High School.

A dangerous rescue effort was launched after two people became trapped in the wreckage on Seneca School Road, near Seneca Valley High School.

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Updated: 2:38 AM EDT Sep 9, 2014

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WEBVTT AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE REPORTER KELLY BRENNAN TALKED TO HIS MOTHER, WHO IS STANDING BY HIS BEDSIDE. Reporter: IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC BACKUP FROM THE ACCIDENT WAS SO TERRIBLE, JAMES McNALLY'S FAMILY COULD NOT GET TO HIM WHILE HE WAS TRAPPED. SO FOR TWO HOURS, THEY RELIED ON CONSTANT PHONE UPDATES FROM PARAMEDICS AND ALSO FROM HIS COWO JAMES McNALLY STARTED HIS DAY LIKE ANY OTHER. THIS FATHER OF TWO WAS WORKING, DRIVING ONSEN NNEKA SCHOOL ROAD IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP, BUTLER COUNTY WHEN HE BECAME THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF THIS CRASH. THAT WAS THE FIRST PHONE CALL I EVERY GET. YOU DON'T EXPECT A PHONE CALL FROM THE EMPLOYER. ON SKY 4, YOU SEE McNALLY'S PICKUP TRUCK PINNED AGAINST THE GUARDRAIL. THE LOAD IN THE TRACTOR-TRAILER SHIFTED CAUSING IT TO ROLL ON McNALLY'S PICKUP. FOR TWO HOURS CREWS WORKED TO FREE HIM, AND TO KEEP THE TRUCK FROM ROLLING DOWN THE HILLSIDE. HE WAS CONSCIOUS THE ENTIRE TIME. HIS WIRE AND MOTHER MET US AT PRSBY, HE HAS A BROKEN HIP, PELVIS AND KNEE. HIS KIDNEYS ARE DAMAGED AND HE DOESN'T HAVE FULL FEELING IN HIS LEGISLATION. IT'S HARD. IT'S -- YOUR WORST FEARS HAPPEN. Reporter: BUT THE FACT HE IS ALIVE IS ATTRIBUTED TO THIS TEAM OF FIRST RESPONDERS, INCLUDING THE PARAMEDIC RON WHO CLIMBED INTO THE TRUCK. THE ROOF OF OUR VEHICLE BEGAN TO CRUSH DOWN FROM THE WEIGHT OF ALL THE STUFF IN THE AND OUR TRUCK BEGAN TO TIP OVER THE GUARDRAIL. AND THAT GOT A LITTLE SCARY. Reporter: FOR SCHLEICHER AND THE DOZENS OF OTHERS ON SCENE, THIS FAMILY IS ETERNALLY GRATEFUL. HIS COWORKER, TONS OF THEM HAVE BEEN HERE ALL DAY, IN AND OUT THERE. IS STILL SOME FLOATING AROUND HERE. I COULDN'T THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE. I'VE NEVER MET A COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN THAT HELPFUL. I WANT TO HEAR THAT HE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO WALK, THAT HE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS HE HAS ALWAYS DONE. Reporter: AND TONIGHT WE DO WANT TO MENTION THE DRIVER OF THAT SEMITRUCK WAS ABLE TO CLIMB

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A dangerous rescue effort was launched after two people became trapped in the wreckage on Seneca School Road, near Seneca Valley High School.